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Alder Grove Charter School

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Internet Resources for Parents & Teachers

Online content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, ProQuest research databases, and TeachingBooks.net are available — at school, at home, in libraries, on laptops, on phones — to all. Temporarily, there is no password needed. Contact your CT for any information required to access.
California K-12 Digital Resources

California K-12 Digital Resources

Online content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, ProQuest research databases, and TeachingBooks.net are available — at school, at home, in libraries, on laptops, on phones — to all.
These three databases are provided for all California students from the California State Library.

Encyclopaedia Britannica (PreK-12)

A comprehensive interactive resource for research and learning for grades K-12. Includes correlations to California Content Standards and other valuable teacher resources. Post links directly to each school level, elementary, middle or high.
 
Britannica School ElementaryBritannica School Middle Britannica School High Britannica Escolar
 
Need help from Britannica? See our support page. (800) 621-3900 x 7160 | edsupport@eb.com
BROWSE RESOURCE DATABASE (below)

BROWSE RESOURCE DATABASE (below)

Some of these educational websites may charge a fee for usage.

 

Free Lesson Plans

Learning Services

 
Discover, Create and Share.
 
Provides math, language arts, science, social studies, art, music activities.
 
 
 

Web Safety & Search Engines for Kids

Be Internet Awesome
Online Internet Safety Curriculum from Google.
 

Spanish / Español

Learn languages by playing games. Earn points for correct answers, and level up.
 
This site was created to offer free Spanish lessons for both children and parents, whether for educational purposes, or just for fun.

Research and Activities

Khan Academy
Online educational content
 
What’s That Bug?
You guessed it.
 
Interactive art that you can make online.
 
Free access to U.S. historical records
 
The Internet Archive
Digital library of free books, movies, music, audio clips and more!
 
Best of web 2.0 multi-media tools/programs
 
California Coastal Records Project
Aerial photographs of the California coast
 
Carl’s Electronics
Electronic kits, robotic kits, test equipment & more! 
 
How Stuff Works
Discovery channel show’s interesting answers to common questions
 
Jetpunk
Online geography quizzes, random trivia
 
Kids Health
Cool free online health resource
 
Brain Pop
Animated educational website
 
Fun Brain
Math, reading and lots of games
 
Kid Zone
Targeted to the Kindergarten thru Grade Six age group
 
Newspaper Clipping Generator
Create an online newspaper clipping.
 
Sesame Street
(PBS) Videos, games and Muppets

Musical Projects

Promoting scientific literacy through song.
 
The website has free printable teaching guides, song lyrics and maps.
 
Handwriting exercises set to music to improve eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills.

Free Typing Tools

Grade, track, and report on students’ progress in real time.

Computer Science & Coding

Create stories, games, and animations.
 
Learning to code with blocks.
 
The world’s largest web developer site.
 
Learn to code | www.codecademy.com
 
www.hourofcode.com/us
 
www.freecodecamp.org
 
www.alice.org